June 2009
1 post
Vintage Tie
Dyna Moe asked for pictures of vintage ties on her Twitter feed. Because I ingested a foul mix of Velveeta, Dimetap and Diet Coke over the course of this evening, I thought instead of going to bed, I’d try to take a couple of snaps of a vintage Saks 5th Ave tie. Hooray for insomnia and terrible cameraphones!
May 2009
3 posts
“America has secretly created a monster while no one was looking, and now...”
– Gabe Delahaye at Videogum
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I found out about Black Joe Lewis and The...
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Giant Bed Jumping
When I work myself into a mood and start complaining to somone about how expensive/dirty/expensive/loud/expensive/hot/expensive New York City is, the common response — followed by an eyeroll and a frantic search for a way to excuse themselves — is, “Why don’t you move?” The answer: New York is the best delivery system of completely random things.
Example: My...
April 2009
3 posts
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Fashion Forward
I love when a TV show or movie uses a pop cultural touchstone that’s so obscure, you may only get the reference until way after you initially watched it. It gives you a little reward for paying attention.
For example, a couple of weeks ago, South Park had an episode that satirized Kanye West. At one point, Kanye’s entourage shows up, dressed in what I’m assuming passes for...
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Smelcome
I must have made some big karmic faux-pas recently, as I feel like I’m a pinata and this week has been the greedy fat kid holding the stick. (Plus, no new LOST tomorrow night. FML.)
In these situations, I turn to the Internet for a little schadenfreude, which brings me to this clip that I’ve watched over and over today (via failblog.org).
This clip. Ah, this clip. To pick out my...
You know that scene...
…in Empire Strikes Back, where Vader is just about to capture the Millennium Falcon after it leaves Cloud City, but Artoo fixes the hyperdrive, it speeds away and Vader stares out the window where the Falcon used to be, then looks away, then looks back in disbelief?
That was me watching the highlights of Nick Swisher pitching for the Yankees last night.
February 2009
23 posts
Skittles Vodka Tutorial | Mix That Drink →
“AVC: Did she eventually warm up?
BC: She knew right from the start that I was...”
– Bruce Campbell | Film | A.V. Club
Robin Hood's "Oo De Lally," Translated Into 13... →
Social Music: Top 5 Sites to Build a Playlist →
mashable:
The Social Music series is supported by BLive Share, a platform for online music sharing and host of the Groove Armada mini album.
Ah, the perfect playlist. In the quest to find a…
WatchThe first season alone clocks in at a solid 4:00
Topless Robot - Evil Flying Jesus Stars in the... →
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies DVD Rental, Rent OSS... →
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“DENVER—After receiving the device intended to alert him when his family’s...”
– Dad Tests Limits Of Cheesecake Factory Vibrating Pager | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
Today’s healthy lunch, provided by Schnipper’s Quality Kitchen: http://twitpic.com/1bsqb
Read the Hippocratic Oath: http://is.gd/imYb. Then, read this story: http://is.gd/ilUX. Hooray for negligence! Terrible, horrible negligence
Gothamist has an excellent photo tribute to Joe Ades, who famously hawked vegetable peelers from the sidewalks in Union Square. Unfortunately, Mr. Ades died this past Sunday. I’m not ashamed to admit that I shelled out $5 for one of his peelers. Years later, the thing still works as well as the day I bought it.
Christoph Niemann’s Abstract City blog on the NYT Web site is a must read for all NY’ers. His Lego entry is incredible http://is.gd/icTY
“TL: We do have one thing going at The State. We decided that as we start to die...”
– The State’s David Wain, Thomas Lennon and Kerri Kenney-Silver | TV | A.V. Club
Aww man. The Union Square Carrot Peeler Guy died. What a loss of a true NYC icon. http://is.gd/ieYq
Sick of snow. Either dump a foot or two on us or pack it in.
Weird. Twittering Republican members of Congress outnumber twittering Democratic members of Congress by 2 to 1 http://is.gd/i7Et
Nothing says Super Bowl Sunday like an afternoon trip to IKEA.
January 2009
43 posts
DJing this afternoon at Public Assembly (70 N. 6th St in Williamsburg) from 2-8pm. Free admission and a bunch of bands.
Djing at Flute tonight til 2 and at Public Assembly in Williamsburg tomorrow 2-8pm.
Wow. Everything I love — Saul Bass, old paperbacks & Simon Pegg/Edgar Wright flicks — wrapped up in a neat lil’ package http://is.gd/hQDo
Hey! Hey you! With the ginormous umbrella! If you’re going to walk down the streets on NYC with that, learn to hold the damn thing upright.
In a cab, Brooklyn bound. What a weird night.
Ok… so I left the Grey Goose thing and now I’m @ the Highline. Ballroom @ a lesbian hip-hop show. Random. Random. Random.
At 230 5th at a random Grey Goose event.
RIP: John Updike. I still have his short story, A&P, memorized as a hold-over from one of my college speech classes.
Watching The Wizard on HBO Family. Forgot the liberal use of New Kids on the Block in this flick.
While the economy crumbles, the “Charlie’s Angels” machine keeps chugging along. http://is.gd/hkmF
Blecch! MAD magazine is going quarterly, instead of monthly. http://is.gd/h1tO
http://everythingisterrible.blogspot.com/
Drinkin’ wine spo-dee-o-dee.
RT @WFMU: Obama needs someone to update the spiffy new Whitehouse.gov website. Still refers to him as president-ELECT:http://is.gd/gSpR
My brain has been thoroughlty fried between last night’s Lost and a marathon proofing session today.
I currently have the world’s worst coffee in my mug and, for some reason, I keep drinking it.
So glad I invested all of my money in stock for ‘Tiny American Flags.” I’ve made a mint!
Oh, Thank God. Matthew Weiner is staying on as Exec Producer/Show Runner for Mad Men. http://is.gd/gsoE
Thank you everybody for the birthday wishes.